Also known as UCMP IP8656

Where: Kern County, California (34.9° N, 119.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 105.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Metralla Sandstone Member (Tejon Formation), Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Nilsen, T. H. in 1971; reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: T. H. Nilsen. 1987. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Eocene Tejon Formation, western Tehachapi and San Emigdio mountains, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1268:1-110 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 194183: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 16.06.2018

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